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| Cardullo’s, Cambridge, MA |
2004–Present |
Director of Operations
Responsible for long- and short-term planning, financial analysis, inventory management, process improvements, and all day-to-day aspects to drive and increase revenues within the business.
- Developed and implemented a corporate gift basket and sports gift basket program, increasing annual gift basket sales 40% adding top lines sales.
- Led 18% annual increase in revenue by improving product placement and increased exposure of products and services.
- Implemented purchase order system and inventory scrap system, reducing year-end inventory by $252K and inventory levels by 35% while increasing cash flow by $100K.
- 12% decrease in payroll costs achieved through cross-training and job enhancement.
- Renegotiated Visa and MasterCard fee program, eliminating 3˝% rate to save $18.5K per year. Combined, eliminated, and revised insurance programs saving company $7.5K per year.
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| Sky Meadow Solutions, LLC, Westford, MA |
2003–2005 |
Sky Meadows Solutions was a design and development company creating designs for domestic and international clients and launching them through the production start-up process.
Consulting Director & Founder
Coordinate all activities of the company including quoting, marketing, designing, and developing products for sale in the commercial and retail industry. Designed and developed products for the telecommunications and retail industries.
- Traveled internationally to secure projects for state-of-the-art products.
- Designed and developed a slim-looking interface box compatible with established headsets, including competitors’ product. Industry first demonstrated successfully to the client and production commenced.
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| GN Netcom, Inc., Nashua, NH |
1998-2003 |
Industry leader in the design and manufacture of wireless devices including headsets and amplifiers.
Director of Engineering
Managed multi-million dollar products through the global development cycle to enhance company’s market and revenue position of $300M. $3.7M budget level authority.
- Extensive travel to facilities in Far East, Europe, and California to streamline engineering department process, creating five successful project launches and revenues of $47M.
- Drove 40% increase in product attachment rate and $18M profits through development of new telephone lifter device.
- Implemented both local and global ISO 9001 engineering procedures saving costly redesigns in development cycle.
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| Thermo NESLAB Instruments, Inc., Portsmouth, NH |
1993–1998 |
Industry leader of precision temperature-controlled systems for semi-conductor, medical, and high-tech markets.
Director of Manufacturing Engineering /Custom Development Engineering Manager
Directed all product and engineering support with focus on quality improvements, product introductions, process and product improvements, and cost reduction programs. Coordinated and controlled $25M in customer orders and 1,500 new products annually. Managed 15 mechanical and electrical engineers. Implemented initial ISO procedures.
- Achieved 4% reduction in downtime by integrating labor-tracking program for materials and labor variances.
- Improved rate of return by 3.5% through quality enhancements and improvements in product reliability. Realized $300K annual savings by eliminating redundant products.
- Utilized Design of Experiment (DOE) and Design for Manufacturing Assembly (DFMA) to bring products to market faster. 20% reduction in set-up time by focusing on quick-turn set-up and flexible manufacturing.
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| XRE Corporation, Littleton, MA |
1991–1992 |
Industry leader in producing medical imaging and positioning equipment for healthcare industry.
Operations Manager
Managed all manufacturing aspects within the company. Lead the assembly, test, final assembly, and machine shop areas consisting of 60 direct reports. Implemented Just-In-Time (JIT) and Total Quality Management systems within the facility.
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| ECRM, Inc., Tewksbury, MA |
1989–1991 |
Leading producer of laser graphics scanning equipment utilized by the newspaper and publishing industries.
Manufacturing Engineer
Managed new product introduction, product support, Just-In-Time (JIT) implementation, and quality improvements while supporting the manufacturing operation.
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| Baird Corporation, Bedford, MA |
1984–1989 |
Manufacture electro/optical (Night Vision Goggles) units used within the military and commercial fields.
Project Engineer
Designed and developed new products for the production environment and supported production floor with Engineering Changer Orders.
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